"Pull a plug and hook a hose to any cylinder turn the engine over and it
will pump more air than the ac compressor with no oil loss"

   Fred,
      Have you ever tried this?  Have you ever drove down the highway
after filling one of your tires with a compressed gasoline/air mixture?
Sounds like a bomb to me?
                                                              Eric

Fredrich Hesterberg wrote:

> Mr. David,
> Why even enter into an unknown, by trying to use the AC compressor, that
> will more than likely burn up due to petroilis neglegtis?
> Small 12 volt air compressors you can buy for small money and get the
> same results with no problems.
> Or I have seen the engine used as an air compressor.
> Pull a plug and hook a hose to any cylinder turn the engine over and it
> will pump more air than the ac compressor with no oil loss.
>
> Good Morning
>
> Fred
>
> E-mail message
>
> This is why I am going to have a pressure tank in the treasure chest of
> the truck!
> David Marshall
>
> Subject: AC compressor Gurus needed!!!
> . . . I wonder how good these are at compressing air??? . . .
> David Marshall >>
> Dave, my man, while I've never had reason to test the CFM @ PSI rating
> of a Vanagon A/C compressor, I would think it might be capable of
> handling at least one Badger air brush before it runs out of smoke. If
> you really need to spin some air tools in the outback, why not do what
> the big boys do and tote along a freshly charged scuba tank . . . oh,
> and a regulator of course.
> George